1969 Richmond 500
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| Race details[1][2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 14 of 54 in the 1969 NASCAR Grand National Series season | |||
 Layout of Richmond Raceway | |||
| Date | April 13, 1969 | ||
| Official name | Richmond 500 | ||
| Location | Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond, Virginia | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 0.872 km (0.542 miles) | ||
| Distance | 500 laps, 271 mi (436 km) | ||
| Weather | Chilly with temperatures of 64 °F (18 °C); wind speeds of 12 miles per hour (19 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 73.752 miles per hour (118.692 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Holman Moody | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | David Pearson | Holman Moody | |
| Laps | 416 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 17 | David Pearson | Holman Moody | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1969 Richmond 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on April 13, 1969, at Richmond Fairgrounds (now Richmond Raceway) in Richmond, Virginia.
The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade. Changes made to the sport by the late 1960s brought an end to the "strictly stock" vehicles of the 1950s.
In 1953, Richmond International Raceway began hosting the Grand National Series with Lee Petty winning that first race in Richmond.[3] The original track was paved in 1968.[4] In 1988, the track was re-designed into its present D-shaped configuration
The name for the raceway complex was "Strawberry Hill" until the Virginia State Fairgrounds site was bought out in 1999 and renamed the "Richmond International Raceway".